In the recent , working with the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ community, the Libraries identified multiple and for cancellation. Many of the journals identified were from the publisher Elsevier.
We subscribe to Elsevier journals through a bundled contract with a core collection of subscribed titles selected by the Libraries and a leased set of titles provided by the publisher. The current contract for the Elsevier journals is over $1 million, which is 12.7 percent of the entire 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Libraries’ collection budget.
This contract with Elsevier expires on Dec. 31, 2024, and the Libraries has been attempting to negotiate a new bundled journal deal to include the identified cancellations. Unfortunately we were unable to reach an agreement despite months of negotiation. As a result, the Libraries will lose access to the leased collection of 1,800 titles beginning Jan. 1, 2025 in addition to the identified cancellations.
The Libraries will continue to maintain a small package of the highest used titles with Elsevier. The Libraries will continue to have back issue content we paid for in previous years. Moving forward, faculty and students will have access to new articles in these journals through The Libraries will monitor ILL, turnaway data, and online usage; and will adjust according to student and faculty information needs.
Please note that have had to unbundle journal packages because of inflationary journal prices and flat or decreased budgets. Over the past couple of years, many university libraries have dropped their Elsevier journal bundles due to unsustainable price increases, which have exceeded the cost of inflation in past years.
If you have any questions, please contact Cory Tucker at cory.tucker@unlv.edu or 702-895-2133.
